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Director Shapiro realizes the Three Families mole must be inside his team. Families member Charlotte calmly retrieves a hidden explosive device from a side office, leaves it inside her purse in the main meeting room, and leaves. The resulting explosion destroys Shapiro and the rest of his team, while Charlotte is lightly injured.
 
Jack, Gwen, and Oswald successfully infiltrate the Shanghai Blessing site and make their way to its exposed face, where they meet a member of The Families, as well as Jilly Kitzinger and several armed guards. Oswald, realising he'd never make it out of Shanghai alive, reveals that he's wearing an explosive vest (at Jack's suggestion). Jack and Gwen deduce that The Blessing generates a morphic field linking the human race. Jack wonders about its connection to [[Doctor Who (TV)/2006 CS the Runaway Bride/Recap|the Racnoss Empress]], but decides that its origin doesn't matter -- only its effects do.
 
The Miracle was produced by introducing Jack's immortal blood to The Blessing -- causing it to disperse immortality to the whole human race as a "defence" to a perceived "attack". It was first part in a larger plan to assert control of the world. By stopping death and destabilizing the economy, The Families can take control of the banks, thereby influencing the world governments, eventually leading to a fascist oligarchy which can "decide who lives, how long, where, and why." Jilly perks up, quite pleased at that idea, and says that she'll gladly go along with that kind of utopia. Well, Gwen decides, time to die, turn around. Jack agrees and, with a smile, happily waits for Gwen to kill him for good.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Rex's open chest wound.
* [[Crucified Hero Shot]]: Jack when his blood is flowing into The Blessing. And Rex.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Jack makes minor references to ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' inner-earth dwellers, [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S7 E2 Doctor Who and The Silurians|the]] [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S21 E1 Warriors of the Deep|Sil]][[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E08 The Hungry Earth|uri]][[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E09 Cold Blood|ans]] and the [[Doctor Who (TV)/2006 CS the Runaway Bride/Recap|Racnoss]], while rambling about possible explanations for the Blessing.
* [[Death Seeker]]: Danes reveals in his last moments of life why he wants to die so badly -- so he can chase his murder victim into Hell and torture her for eternity.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Rex throws a Family member into a bottomless pit Darth Vader style.
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* [[Sadistic Choice]]: {{spoiler|The Family member at Buenos Aires shoots Esther as a last-ditch attempt to stop Rex from cancelling out the Miracle. Gwen convinces him that it's better to let her die than give the Families power over life and death}}.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Two. {{spoiler|The Families' Plan B and Rex's immortality}}.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Right when {{spoiler|Rex is shot by Charlotte, and has seemingly died}}, Jack says the Tenth Doctor's catch phrase of "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry," to Gwen, who is still {{spoiler|mourning Esther}} and can't handle the thought of {{spoiler|losing Rex too}}. Followed by a [[Flat What]] by him, Gwen, AND Rex when {{spoiler|Rex wakes up seconds later}} - three "What!"'s being a trademark of the Tenth Doctor from a few of the specials.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Both the Cousin and the Mother tend to think they have all the bases covered. As does the mole, Charlotte. Makes their comeuppance all the much sweeter.
* [[Stop or I Shoot Myself]]: Jack {{spoiler|and Rex}} pull this on the Family, since any blood spilled might reverse the miracle.
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